Iran parliament voices support for attack on Israeli embassy in Cairo
Iranian regime hopes that political changes in Cairo could force Egypt to revise its diplomatic relations with Israel.
By DPA Tags: Iran Egypt protests Arab SpringThe Iranian parliament on Monday applauded the recent attack against the Israeli embassy in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, state media reported.
Ismaeil Kowsari, foreign policy committee spokesman, said the members of parliament had voiced full support for "the ransacking" of the embassy by Egyptian Muslims, news network Press TV reported.
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Anti-Israeli protesters in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo this week. |
| Photo by: Reuters |
Thousands of Egyptians stormed the embassy Friday, climbing over a security wall, breaking windows, bursting inside, lighting fires, painting anti-Israel slogans and looting the mission's offices on the building's upper floors.
The administration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has not made an official reaction but state-run television has played the incident prominently and called it a major new development in the Middle East.
Following the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran declared Israel its political arch-foe and does not recognize its sovereignty.
Ahmadinejad has even called for the elimination of the Jewish state from the Middle East and suggested it be relocated to Europe or North America. He also questioned the historic dimensions of the massacre of Jews in World War II and termed the Holocaust a "fairy tale."
The Iranian establishment hopes that political changes in Cairo could force Egypt to revise its diplomatic relations with Israel.
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The Iranian govt. needs it's butt kicked, preferably by it's own people; but if not I'm confident Israel can do it and well!
Gaza, unarmed Turkish activist
I condemn the way Israel killed the security men for Egypt.
Was this political, the results of football thugs rowdiness or, just once again using Jews as a scape goat for one's own problems?
attacking and invading the israeli embassy was just not right. i have a world of sympathy for palestinians and egyptians, and they should have protested in front of the embassy about the killings, but the israelis were guests there by mutual agreement, invitation and law. it is NOT honorable to attack guests, especially when there's 80 of them and 70 million of you. not fair, not right, not legal, no matter how angry you are. attacks on embassies or civilians are NEVER justified, whether by israel, egypt or hamas.
yes well they know all about attacks on embassies. i.e. their embassy in london in 1970's
despite my negative views toward Israel's policies and aggressions.
Instead of ashaming them when they arrive on the airport, just cut international relations.
and they were probably behind it.. Well, they have embassies too! Not that I suggest that Israelis attack Irfanian embassies around the world. "The work of the righteous is done by others."